One tank trip: Tuscaloosa, Ala.

8:05 PM,
Oct. 27, 2006

Written by

Kris Thoma
@PensacolaNewsJournal.com

· BRIEF HISTORY: Early history of Tuscaloosa dates back to 1580, when the "Black Warrior Village" existed just west of downtown at the head of the Tuscaloosa Basin in the Appalachian foothills. The primary native tribes of the area were the Choctaw and Creeks. The Creeks resettled the old village around 1800. By order of Gen. Andrew Jackson, the Creek village was attacked in 1813 during the Creek War and the natives were removed to land in eastern Alabama west of the Coosa River. The Choctaw Indians were removed to lands west of ...